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Adventures in Jazz by: Stan Kenton List Price: $11.98 CD-Charts Price: $9.99 You Save: $1.99 (17%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724352122226 Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered Label: Blue Note Records Manufacturer: Blue Note Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Blue Note Records Release Date: August 24, 1999 Studio: Blue Note Records Sales Rank: 82516 MPN: 21222 Disc 1:
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 Rating:  - Classics from the concert bookThis album combines fine soloists, spectacular arrangements, and the wild sophistication that make it one of the best-remembered collections of Kenton's music. Stand-out soloists include Marvin Stamm on trumpet, Gabe Baltazar on alto, Sam Donahue on tenor, and Ray Starling on mellophonium. (Yes, this is the mellophonium band, in a studio recording from 1961.) The arrangements come from Bill Holman, Dee Barton, Gene Roland, Lennie Niehaus, and Donahue. Barton's "Turtle Talk" and Holman's unforgettable "Malagueña" stayed in Kenton's book into the late 1970s. "Stairway to the Stars" is a wonderful alto feature for Baltazar, slow at beginning and end but swinging in the middle. "Limehouse Blues" cooks along, and Stamm contributes a brilliantly ... Read More: Rating:  - Big Band + 4 Mellophoniums = Great Sound !THIS is the full sound of the Stan Kenton Band. I know of no other Kenton album that soars so high, engulphs so warmly, and drives so hard and so fully as this "Adventures In Jazz" album. It's the individual players, every one of the 22 of them, and Stan on piano, that pack enough energy into this album that make even professional players say things like " GOOD GOD ! ", and "LOOK OUT !", and "I can't believe that there could be SO MUCH POWER - WHEW !. And I like the music too !" This album is not for the feint of heart, nor the quiet retiring moments, nor for romantic dancing. This is not dinner music, it's not easy listening, and it's not smooth jazz. As best I can do to describe it, is to say that this is the big boys music, by and ... Read More: Rating: - Very entertainingThis CD is great. I enjoy jazz, but I only own a couple of recordings of jazz. As a musician myself (trombone), I find the orchestration very entertaining. There are a great variety of sounds and the solos are interesting. I had heard this particular recording of Malaguena long ago and it is one of my favorite songs. Waltz of the Prophets also has a very bizzarre couple of solos. Overall, great instrumentation, arranging, and performance. It's one of my prized CDs and has made me more interested in jazz. Rating: - adventures in jazzpoor stan was a love him or hate him. anyone who hears this album cannot do anything but love him and his arrangers and muscians. some have said the kenton bands didnot swing here again i say hear this it does move! this is the best thing mr. kenton ever did. i agree with one of the other reviewers that the solo by sam donahue is incredible. please mr. capital-blue note give us more! Rating: - One of the best Kenton Albums!As I say above, this is one of the best Kenton albums in my opinion. All the elements are there, screaming brass, soaring reeds! There are two compositions, Turtle Talk and Waltz of the Prophets, by Dee Barton. These are complex charts that really sound great, and are still accessible. Who could forget Bill Holman's arrangement of Malaguena? This song embodies the Kenton sound. It is one of the best! The tenor sax solo on Body and Soul is amazing, Ive never heard anyone else do that with the instrument. |
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